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17-813: The Sucunduri State Park is in the municipality of Apuí , Amazonas. It has an area of 808,312 hectares (1,997,380 acres). The Juruena River forms the eastern boundary of the park, separating it from the Juruena National Park in the state of Mato Grosso . To the north the Sucunduri State Park adjoins the Bararati Sustainable Development Reserve , Apuí State Forest , the portion of the Juruena National Park that lies in Amazonas and

34-593: A campaign against the energy project, which would flood an area of over 40,000 hectares (99,000 acres). In September 2014 the federal government withdrew its proposal. The dams would have flooded parts of the Juruena National Park, Igarapés do Juruena State Park and the Escondido and Apiaká do Pontal indigenous territories in Mato Grosso, and would have affected part of the Sucunduri State Park in Amazonas and other indigenous territories. On 17 March 2015 an agreement

51-727: A left tributary of the Juruena, flows through the park from south to north. The Sucunduri River rises in the park and flows north. It later joins the Acari River to form the Canumã River . The Monte Cristo rapids and the Sucunduri River Falls ( Saltos do Rio Sucunduri ) are well-known attractions. The Monte Cristo rapids on the Sucunduri is an area with great numbers and diversity of animals and birds. In 2006 it

68-561: Is administered by Ipaam: Instituto de Proteção Ambiental do Amazonas. In 2014 the federal government was considering a proposal to declare the Juruena National Park an area of public utility in preparation for constructing two hydroelectric dams in the site, the São Simão Alto and Salto Augusto Baixo. The planned dams had a forecast capacity of 4,940 MW. The National Council for Energy Policy (CNPE) had two seats for civil society members, but these had not been filled. WWF-Brasil led

85-624: Is supported by the Amazon Region Protected Areas Program . Apu%C3%AD Apuí is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Amazonas . Its population was 22,359 (2020) and its area is 54,240 km . The municipality shot to fame in December 2006, when a Brazilian maths teacher by the name of Ivani Valentim da Silva posted descriptions of miners scooping up thousands of dollars in gold in

102-514: Is the most threatened due to its high economic value. The region has more than 13 endemic species of primates. Surveys of the west of the mosaic have identified 850 tree species, 46 mammals, more than 300 birds, 27 reptiles, 30 amphibians and almost 100 species of fish. Several previously unknown aquatic species have been found. The park is an integral part of the Apuí Mosaic , which totals 2,467,243 hectares (6,096,690 acres) in area and contains

119-569: The Guariba and Sucunduri State Parks; Bararati and Aripuana sustainable development reserves; Guariba Extractive Reserve ; and Sucunduri, Aripuana , Apuí and Manicoré state forests. It is part of the 90,000 square kilometres (35,000 sq mi) Southern Amazon Conservation Corridor , a region under strong deforestation pressure due to the advance of the agricultural frontier into the Brazilian Amazon region. The conservation unit

136-761: The Jatuarana National Forest . The park adjoins the Sucunduri State Forest to the west and the Igarapés do Juruena State Park in Mato Grosso to the south. The Sucunduri State Park was created by Amazonas state governor decree 24.810 of 21 January 2005 with the objectives of preserving natural ecosystems of great relevance and scenic beauty, allowing scientific research, education, environmental interpretation, recreation in contact with nature and ecotourism. The state park excluded private property whose owners could prove legal title. It

153-461: The 492,905 hectares (1,217,990 acres) Sucunduri State Forest , a sustainable use conservation unit created in 2005. It contains 72% of the 150,465 hectares (371,810 acres) Guariba Extractive Reserve , also created in 2005. It also contains the 113,606 hectares (280,730 acres) Bararati Sustainable Development Reserve , created at the same time. The municipality contains part of the 1,958,200 hectares (4,839,000 acres) Juruena National Park , one of

170-479: The area. In just three months, between 3,000 and 10,000 people poured into the area, cutting down trees, diverting streams and digging wildcat mines. The city was nicknamed Eldorado do Juma after the mythical El Dorado . The municipality contains 92% of the 2,467,244 hectares (6,096,690 acres) Apuí Mosaic , a jointly-managed collection of conservation units. It contains the 808,312 hectares (1,997,380 acres) Sucunduri State Park , created in 2005. It also contains

187-471: The largest conservation units in Brazil, created by decree on 5 June 2006. It also contains part of the 896,411 hectares (2,215,080 acres) Acari National Park created by president Dilma Rousseff in 2016 in the last week before her provisional removal from office. The municipality contains about 17% of the 751,302 hectares (1,856,510 acres) Aripuanã National Forest , a sustainable development unit created at

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204-409: The same time. The city is served by Apuí Airport . This article about a location in the Brazilian state of Amazonas is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Guariba State Park The Guariba State Park ( Portuguese : Parque Estadual do Guariba ) is a State park in the state of Amazonas , Brazil. The Guariba State Park is in the municipality of Novo Aripuanã in

221-650: The state of Amazonas. It has an area of 72,296 hectares (178,650 acres). It is bounded to the south with the border with Mato Grosso and adjoins the Guariba-Roosevelt Extractive Reserve in Mato Grosso. The Roosevelt River forms its western border. To the west and north it is bounded by the Manicoré State Forest . To the east it adjoins the Guariba Extractive Reserve . The Guariba State Park

238-613: Was also the location of an illegal mining settlement. The Augusto Salto on the Juruena has high tourist potential. The park is in a contact zone between the Amazon rainforest and Cerrado biomes and has a wide diversity of flora including terra firma forest, flooded forest, campos rupestres , campina and campinarana . Vegetation is 52% open rainforest, 32% dense rainforest, 4% savanna-rainforest contact and 12% savannah-seasonal forest contact. Tree species include mahogany , cedar, copaiba , andiroba , Brazil nut and rosewood . Rosewood

255-477: Was created by decree 55 of 12 March 2010 under the responsibility of CEUC in the border region between the states of Amazonas, Mato Grosso and Pará. The mosaic contains the Guariba and Sucunduri State Parks; Bararati and Aripuanã sustainable development reserves; Guariba Extractive Reserve ; and Sucunduri , Aripuanã , Apuí and Manicoré state forests. The Southern Amazon Mosaic of conservation units in

272-404: Was created by state governor decree 24805 of 19 January 2005 with the objective of preserving natural ecosystems of great ecological relevance and scenic beauty, supporting scientific research and developing education, environmental interpretation, recreation in contact with nature and eco-tourism. The conservation unit is supported by the Amazon Region Protected Areas Program . The Apuí Mosaic

289-747: Was made to compensate for the irreversible negative environmental impacts of the Teles Pires hydroelectric project through payment of R$ 500,000 for use by the park. The state park contains the oldest geological domains of the Apuí mosaic, consisting of rocks from the Proterozoic and Paleozoic . These rocks form the Sucunduri Dome between the Aripuanã and Juruena rivers, and cause the many rapids and waterfalls on those rivers. The Bararati River ,

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